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September 23-29, 2018 Farmington, MI

This development experience will help you build confidence and skills around clarity in reaching toward other-generational women as mentors or mentees, and strengthen your ability to step into the opportunities God is putting before you! Invest now in a relational learning experience with peers, in a lovely setting for renewal and growth! Learning is done in interactive peer-groups, guided by experienced mentors, with a maximum of 10 women in each group. First come, first serve! Register by Aug 1.(After this date, contact us to see if places are still available.)

Designed by Dr Barbara Neumann, Dallas Seminary.Do you feel a bit intimidated, frustrated, or just baffled in relationships with women around you who were raised in a different generational culture? Jesus set in motion the essential Christian tradition of disciplepship – passing on vibrant faith relationally, from one generation to the next. Young women today clamor for mentors/disciplers who will accept and guide them, but too often the older women that have so much to offer them wrestle with a lack of confidence. How can we build bridges of understanding and connection between generations so that we preserve the rich resource of women-to-women relationships as we move toward each other? We’ll consider influential distinctives of the Boomer to Millennial generations and explore encouraging pathways between them. We’ll explore generational values and perspectives on key issues such as God, spirituality, church, relationships, commitment, sexuality and morality, fears and hopes, the impact of technology and globalization. And we’ll explore the roles and desires of both mentors and mentees, discerning needs and commonalities, types of mentoring relationships, common mentoring mistakes, and how to create the nourishing relationships that busy women want to make time for! Some advance preparation.

Course Schedule:

Begin Sunday, September 23, at 5pm with dinner and an introductory session.
End Saturday evening, September 29, at 7pm. (Note: your conference fee allows you to stay on the SEND campus Saturday night and fly or drive out on Sunday morning). We will enjoy a worship time together on Monday morning and a free afternoon on Thursday for a break to rest or to enjoy the area for some fun/relaxation.

We will be hosted by SEND International on its campus in Farmington, Michigan just outside of Detroit. To get the most benefit from this unique opportunity, we ask that all participants stay on site. By being undistracted together for the week, you may even get a bit more sleep than you do at home! (No husbands, children, pets, or chocolate you don’t plan to share!)

All-Inclusive On-Site Cost: $750 (What a DEAL!)

This price includes accommodation with 3 meals during each full day (plus snacks) for the duration of your stay, Sept 23-30. It also includes training instruction and materials, conference facilities and administration, pick-up and delivery to the Detroit airport, and daily transportation as needed.

Registration (Important!): by August 1, 2018

Please mail the registration form by email (to DJanzen@send.org) or by snail mail to:

Please either include a payment of $750 with your registration form (check made payable to SEND International) or make arrangements to send payment through Bank Bill Pay. Please note in the memo line that the check is for WDT, September 2018.

OR Pay online at www.WomensDevelopmentTrack.com (notation for SEND – Sept 2018) and email the Registration Form to Dorothy Janzen at DJanzen@send.org.

We will confirm your reservation and send your receipt when we receive your registration form and payment – register soon as spaces are limited – first come, first serve. Please wait to book your travel until we notify you to confirm your spot at the close of registration in March, unless you hear from us sooner.

Refund Policy:

If you cancel your reservation, you will receive a refund less a $100 cancellation fee needed to cover non-refundable costs. Since groups are limited to 10, cancellations affect the overall group experience and configuration as well as our commitment to the facility. Therefore, we ask that each participant make every effort to be present once registered. Thank you!

Arrivals/Departures:

If you are arriving by plane, please arrange to fly into Detroit (DTW – Detroit Metro airport) on Sunday September 23, arriving by 3pm, so our scheduled start on Sunday evening is protected. Flight departures anytime on Sunday, September 30. Thanks for arranging your arrival/departure times, so that you will be present from beginning to end, not arriving late or leaving early. It takes about 40 minutes to get from the Detroit airport to the SEND campus.

If you are driving to the SEND campus, please plan to be there by 4pm on Sunday, September 23 to get checked in before our training time begins. Let us know when you plan to arrive, so we know when to expect you.